Improvement in scrubbing-brushes



which is iattened, to fit between them.

UNITED STATES PATENT i OEErcE.

JOHN M. WILKINSON, OE PHorNIXvILLE, 'PENNsYLvANLA IMPROVEMENT IN SCRUBBIG-BRUSHES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,828, dated January 1, 1878? applica-tion led July 1o', 1er?.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M; WILKINSON,

of Phoenixville, county of Chester, in the State' of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Handle or Holder for Scrub-Brushes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication.

My invention relates to a handle for holding and operating a scrub-brush, or its equivaof the brush lits, the binding thumb-screw c operating to secure the brush tightly in the clamp. Upon the end of the handle A is secured a short arm, D, which is preferably of .y metal,such as cast-iron. This arm is pivoted to the clamp by means of a pin, d, which passes y through it, and two lugs, c c', which are iixed on the top of the clamp, and are a suflicient distance apart to permit the end of the arm, Upon one sideor edge the flattened end of the arm D is curved at its extremity around to its opposite edge, as seen at d', while said opposite edge is a right. line from the lineV of the handle A to and perpendicular to the top of the `clamp C, as seen at d2. At the extremity of this edge d2 is formed a heel or projection, d3.

In operation, my device enables the person using the brush to pass it freely over any surface, and at the same time maintain theface of the brushiiat on such surface, and cause all the pressure exerted on the handle to be felt over the entire face of the brush. The curved edge d1 permits the brush held by the clamp to swing freely on the handle, and thus enables the handle to be moved or changed in its position, relative to the brush, in moving the brush forward and backward, from and to the operator, without disturbing the position of the brush relative to the surface on which it is being used. to give to and control the brush with the same motion at the end of a long handle that would be possible were the brush `used in the hand and the motion of the wrist brought into play. Moreover, the stooping and rising of the operator, as is occasioned when the brush is immovable on the end of a long handle, is obviated. The brush is prevented from passing entirely around the pivot c by the projection als, which, when the poleor handle is brought perpendicular to the clamp and brush, im-

pinges upon the top of the clamp, and thus prevents the brush swinging or passing to that side.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'Ihe combination 0f handle A, arm D, having flattened end, curved edge dl, straight edge d2, and projection d3, and brush-clamp C ,`hav ing thumb-screw cA and lugs c', together with pin d, all arranged to operate as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN M. WILKINSON.

Vitnesses:

JEROME JOHN, i H. H. GrLKYsoN.

'Ihus the operator is enabled 

